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I love to read, but it is nearly impossible to read as much as I wish. Between professional and personal obligations, there is not enough hours during a day. Unfortunately, the volume of brand new material released every year does not allow me to see my reading list dwindle very far. For every book I knock off the list, it seems like I add two or three new ones to take its place. This does not even account for the…

Everyone loves a success from scratch story, and I am no different. I have been reading about authors that are beginning to self-publish. This trend has traditional publishers nervous to say the least. I can completely understand publishers’ concerns about losing their authors and book sales. For the authors, I completely understand why they are beginning to push into the self-publishing space. Why give a majority of the proceeds away from the book sales to the publisher and deal with…

Amazon.com announced a few days ago that Kindle users would be able to lend books to other Kindle users. I cannot say that I was surprised by this move, as its competitors are farther down the road than Amazon. What did surprise me was the allowance of Kindle applications to participate in the lending program. I feared Amazon would restrict this to device owners as a way to promote device sales. What is truly disappointing is the single lend rule. It is reasonable to restrict…

I definitely had some challenges getting the Amazon Kindle application for my Blackberry Storm2 downloaded and installed. However, since getting the application downloaded, I have had zero problems with it. The transfer of books to the device over my device’s wireless Internet connection is flawless. I would not use the application’s built-in interface for purchasing new books because it leaves a lot of functionality to be desired that I find useful in the Amazon website. I have enjoyed being able to pop…